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I have nothing constructive to add other than that's a bummer having to fight with your tools. It will take some time to find and get used to the new ways of doing things but you're young and bright!
I've not bought a laptop yet that came with an OS that didn't need upgrading or downgrading. Get a new SSD and put 10 Pro on it. Keep the old SSD just in case you decide you need to test in 11.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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looks at new laptop running windows 11 - has 5 windows 10 vms on it...
your starting post is almost an exact summary of my complaints. ms just crapping on itself for crapping sake.
don't even get me started on all of the bs authentication nonsense.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Talking with a coworker yesterday, we decided 11 was really Windows MeH-8, lol.
I've managed to get my laptop to be schizophrenic, which has some pros and cons. You have to pay attention to who apps think you are. Not sure if that happened because I'm a 365 admin but I remember battling the user piece. It was an upgrade from 10. A new little 11 desktop box virtually cloned the laptop, which actually made life easy for me, though I could see one might not want that in a lot of cases.
Guess I got used to the stacked taskbar in 10, I kinda like it when I have a bunch of office docs open. The recommended apps isn't ready for primetime in my book. There's some screwed up logic in what shows up there.
The 5 char user name thing is weird. It only applies to the primary user because... no clue.
The bright spot is it has seemed to maintain performance over time.
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plus Fifty to everything you listed. I've always been too frustrated with Windows 11 to calmly state the issues you put above. I almost cried when my work machine forced an "upgrade" to 11. I was able to "downgrade" it back to 10.
Hogan
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Discovered heavy metal around service point (7)
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Possibly a bit Brit-centric?
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Go for it Rich as I can't do tomorrows
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Sorry, if I can avoid any work in the morning, I intend to be watching England complete a clean sweep against the Aussies and will be keeping any sort of device capable of receiving emails well out of arm's reach!
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Ok - I take it you mean cricket ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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OK I'll guess: LOCATED? (LEAD COT anag) - no idea why "COT" ... so it's probably wrong.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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The lead part is correct - think of a service and add a point
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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YAUT
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I got LEAD but what is the AR part?
Greg explained below.
modified 13-Oct-22 8:35am.
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When I saw that you'd told Griff that LEAD was correct, I looked for a synonym of discovered that was 7 letters long. It had to end in -D, and very unlikely -AD, so it was almost certainly LEA???D. But I can't explain the RNE part. NE is a compass point, but how RNE is a service point is beyond me.
EDIT: RN = Royal Navy (a service) + E (a point)?
modified 13-Oct-22 8:23am.
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Spot on
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I had the answer from LEAD, definition, and (7) but I was stuck on “service point” being something to do with Technology instead of two separate clues.
I should ken “point” by now…
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he's in the US (i'm on the other side of the world); he does not have a password.
i haven't touched Apple anything for many years.
some casual googling suggests he can "restore" the iPhone, but all its data will be erased.
i suggested he go to the local Apple store with, if possible, a sales receipt, or whatever else may resolve any question of ownership.
i'd appreciate any additional advice you may have !
cheers, bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Maybe I misunderstand, but you make it sound as if your friend is asking how to access his deceased brother's private information on that phone - the information that the brother had protected by a password (or similar mechanism) so that others should not have access to it.
So that others should not have access to it.
I really wish that they do not get access to the information that the deceased guy wanted to keep as his private. His death does not imply that he no longer has any dignity, any honor, to be protected. His private life is still his own. What he did not tell his brother when he was alive, he didn't want his brother to know. Respect that. Pay honor to that.
Although I have a smartphone myself, it is only because society demands it from you - they no longer know how to get in contact with you in person, by paper mail, email, ... Smartphones are The (Only) Way of Communication nowadays. But I keep no personal information on my phone. I have no need to protect it by any password - the startup PIN code is mandated by the network provider, not by me, and anyone can have it if they like. I keep my private writings on a desktop PC, several of them in files with strong encryption, handled by an external encryption program - asking MS for help (I am a Windows/Word user) won't help my descendants get access to my private thoughts after I am gone.
That is how it was before the age of smartphones. I honestly think we should keep it that way.
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an absurd, mean-spirited, off-topic rant based on illogical negative assumptions.
get a soap-box.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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I disagree with you completely.
Privacy doesn't end with death. Deal with it.
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What you say, while true, is mostly misplaced. I have a "passcode" on my phone, but it is not to keep my family out (they all know what it is); it is to keep others out in the event my phone is lost or stolen. I would surmise that most folks have this same thinking. Should I expire, I would want my family to have complete access to any and all items on my phone.
I also have a "in case I die" box that contains accounts, keys, passwords, etc.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Case in point. A long time ex-colleague and friend (30+ years) and I kept in touch supporting each other through various medical adventures.
Earlier this year, he called me from his hospital bed, saying that he was about to have half a leg amputated (complications of diabetes, the usual story).
We chatted for half an hour or so, made a date for him to show off his prosthesis in a few months time.
About a month later his wife called to tell me he didn't make it. She was going through his phone calling everyone in it. She knew me of course, but said that there were people in his phone book that she had no idea of. Work colleagues? Business contacts? Social acquaintances? ...???
So we were at least able to attend his funeral.
for Steve
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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